Display cover



Oct. 23, 1934. J. RUSSAKOV DISPLAY COVER Filed July 17 Patented C at. 23, I934 J; f

UNITED ST Ares PATENT oFFicE I DISPLAY covert Jacob I. Russakomchica go; Ill. Application'July 17,1933, Serial No; 680,779 6: claims. ((1220-42) These improvements relate to readily applica the lower left-hand corner of Fig. l'showing the ble and removable covers for use upon the open seam construction at each of the four corners of tops of relatively long and narrow boxes so asto the body frame. display, while protectively enclosing,- their con- The body of the device is a -rectangular frame tents. My Patent No.1,540,807:of:June 9, 1925 formed. from thin sheet metal such as tin and 69 shows a display cover of the present type, and comprises apair of opposed side members having sets forth the prime objects'and advantages of depending flange-like strips (Figs. 1 and 8) such a device. The more specific objects of these and .a narrow strip-like part 16 turned over at improvements are to provide peculiarly advantaright angles from flange 15, the inner edge por- 10 geous means for holding. the lids forswinging tions of the material. (Fig. 8) being bent dowh- 65 movements, and for holding a pane of glass in ward at right angles a short distance at 17, then a lid .of such kind. Also the provision of thin bent inward horizontally at right angles at 13, lids, but slightly thicker than the glass used as with the extreme inner edge portion turned back the transparent element of them,'lids which are upon itself at 19' to form a bead where the hand 3.5- peculiarly strong, occupy less than the. usual of the user pa ses h u pening defined amount of space, and which, taken with recessed by theseat portion 18 and its head 19.

seats for them,,provide a-cover substantially flat .The end walls have side flanges 20 like side over its entire top surface. In this connection flan s. 1 the fiat top surface part 21 likepart also it is an object to provide a display coverhavl a d the part 21 is bent downward'the same 20 ing lids ofsuch construction and so arranged asat 17 (Fig. 3) andhas alsoa seat part the Same 75 that they may (bezhingedclose to each other at as 18 and the head 19. In other words, the secthe middle of the device to such effect that either tional view of Fig. '8, s to the parts 15, 16;. 17, of the two lids -may: belaid over. immediately 18 and l9,il1ustrates also the construction of above the other lid, whereby full access maybe h d members of the frame. I I had to the contents of the box at each endias 9 hows h wth ide nd end mem rs are well asin the middle, .and'with theopen lid in J QmBdfl the r am ly y he int rfold an out-cf-therway position, and not-upstanding ns f the vertical edge P r ion provi in a outwardly and away from the plane of, the device S m ma ked 22- v his Seam is to be understood as a whole at a substantially large angle. 'Itis to be the same at the four corners.

V 30 an object also to provide a construction accord- 'I'he body frame h s produced has a flat hori- 35 1 :In the accompanyin drawing Figure 1 Q is a practice, marked 15 and 20 in Fig. l, with asingle ing to which the several parts-maybe assembled zontal rectangular narrow p Surface, abOul? an readily and conveniently, with a saving of time i in h, i myp marked end 21 and labor. Still other objects and advantages in Fig. 1, with depending flanges, about an inch will appear hereinafter. i and a quarter in' their vertical directions in my 0 perspective view of my. improved display cover, i eflpen interior defined by t s t 8 and. its with a box; over the open top. otwhichit, telehead 19 at the vSides emi at th endsllas Shown for scopically fits, fragmentarily shown; the sides in Fig.8, d

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the coverde- Turn nsto Flies, d 7,3 W gthepreferated vice of Fig. l interiorly broken away; 4 form of hinge pins and holding means therefor Fig. 315 an enlarged fragmentary sectional there-is firsts. right-angular sheet-metal cleat view ason the line 3'3-of Fig.1; 1 i 25 havinga leaf 26 provided with a rivet. h l Fig. his a fragmentary sectional View as on andale f 28having apair of seats 29'and 30 any Of the lines &-4 of Fig, 1; l pressed therein parallel to each other and being 45 Figs. 5 and-7 are perspectiveviews showing de- .adaptedfto receive the straight iron rods or wire tails of two forms of hinge-pin-holding means 5601110 3 and 32 Sp 'fi y, these rods bei Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the'preferred form rigidly secured, as by welding, to the part 28 in of the hingeepiniunita followingthe fragmentary saidts z lh ws twoof the constructions construction of Fig-7} v of Fig. 7 with the free ends of the rods 31 and -50 8 is a vertical transverse sectional view eashown substanti y end to end as tothose in througheither one ofthe opposed side frame li n e t with e h Other, their middle P0 members atthelm-iddle thereof, showing the .aptions being broken away. T he same reference plication of the hinge-pin unit of eitherFig. 5 characters. are given to the corresponding wires or Fight; and oteach nnit. These two units are alike and one ,55 Fig. 9 is a horizontal-sectionalview. through .-is;;simply. turned around ior application to the U other side. Fig. 2 shows how they are held, with a rivet marked 27a passing through the hole 2'7 of Fig. '7, and holding the cleat part 26 against the flange part 15 of the body, with the part 28 of the cleat tightly against the top part 16 of the frame. The part 28 is preferably of such length that it fits snugly between the parallel frame parts 15 and 1'7 (Fig. 8). Since the wires 31 and 32 are rigidly secured to the cleat part 28, as by welding','these wires are held strongly and provide unusually satisfactory hinge-pins for the swinging lids. The two rods 31 and 32 are so close together that when the tubular parts marked 34 and 35 of the lids in Figs. 1 and 3 are around these wires respectively these tubular parts 34 and 35 are so substantially close to each other side by side as effectively to close the top at the hinges whereby no further protection for the contents at that place is necessary.

A modified form of hinge-pin unit is shown in Fig. 5 where the parallel hinge-pins 37 and 38 are short, for example one or two inches in length. They are shown as of one piece of wire bent U-shape and are held as by welding in the U- shaped seat marked 39 pressed into the part 40 of the retaining cleat having the part 41 and a rivet hole 42. The illustration of Fig. 8 serves also to illustrate the application of the unit of Fig. 5.

Turning next to the two swinging lids, these are alike and comprise a narrow rectangular frame of sheet metal such as tin. From Fig. 4 it' is seen that the upper strip-like part has an inner annular embossment 51 and an outer annular embossment 52, the latter being at the elevation of the part 16 of the body frame. The lid frame turns at 53 to form space for the glass pane 54 and then turns inward to provide the integral strip-like part 55. This construction shown in Fig. 4 is the same along three edges of the glass (omitting the inner edge) and I have applied section lines 44 at several places" in Fig.1 to indicate this fact. A metal binding is thus provided around three edges of the glass pane.

Fig. 3 shows the construction along the inner edges of the two lid frames. There the upper strip-like part marked 50a, and which corresponds to the part marked 50 in Fig. 4, has the head 52 modified to' provide the tubes 34 and 35 (Figs. 1 and 4) within which are the four hinge rods 31 and 32 shown in Fig. 6. The use of the metal for the hinge formation at 34 and 35 leaves open at 57 and 58 (Fig. 3) the channel shown between parts 50 and in Fig. 4, that channel extending on three sides of the lid frame, but being open at the inner side thereof. The glass may therefore simply be inserted into that channel as one puts a card into an envelope, and the pane is there held securely on three sides. To hold the pane securely I provide a short extension of the lowerlid frame parts 55 slightly beyond the glass adjacent to the hinge, and to hold the glass readily removably it is merely necessasry to bend toward the glass the free corner of that extension marked 60 in Fig. 3. Should a pane become broken a new one can readily be inserted by merely bending outward that bent-in corner 60.

Many suggestions heretofore have been made of wire and other spring devices for holdingthe glass member of display cover lids for ready removability. The lids in such cases are relatively quite thick and usually require considerable thickness to accommodate such holding means. By the present construction I provide a means for retaining the glass which at once reinforces the glass with the binding strip around the three of its edges where such binding is peculiarly advantageous, provide a binding which is rounded and smooth to the touch, provide a lid which is only slightly thicker than the pane of glass used, and, together with the recessed seat for it in the main frame, provide a construction for the device as a whole that is free of parts upstanding from the top surface of the frame except for the finger-buttons marked 63 in Fig. 1, and by these means too I introduce an ornamental effect that is of commercial value.

To provide a construction of this kind and character involved numerous problems among which was that of the assembly of the device in manufacture. Turning to Fig. 8 it will be noted that an opening marked 65 is made in the short vertical wall 17 to accommodate the pair of rods 31 and 32. The dotted lines in that figure show the first step in the application of the hinge-pin unit to the side frame member, this unit simply being slipped into place, and it is then riveted in its final position. The body side frame members at this time, however, have not yet been assembled with the end frame members, but remain separate pieces. Having secured the two hinge-pin units to the side frames according to Fig. 8, the lids are next assembled upon the hinge-pins, and the side frames thus become assembled with the lids in their final position as shown in Fig. 1. The next step is to bring the end frames of the body into association with the side frames, and the end and side frames are then seamed together at the corners at the seams marked 22 in Figs. 1,- 2 and 9. I prefer also to rivet the overlapping lid rests 18 by rivets marked 66 in Fig. 2.

I contemplate as being included in these improvements all such variations, changes and departures from what is thus specifically illustrated and described herein asfall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a display cover adapted to fit upon the open end of a box and comprising a substantially rectangular interiorly-open frame having opposed frame members, the combination therewith of means for securing a lid to said frame comprising a pair of spaced-apart metallic cleats secured to the frame and a rod permanently and substantially rigidly secured to each cleat, said rods being directed toward each other in aligned relation, and a lid adapted to rest upon the frame when in closed position and having substantially tubularmeans encompassing said rods and extending substantially continuously between the cleats.

2. In a display cover of the-character described comprising a substantially rectangular frame having opposed side members and opposed end -members defining an open interior, the combinarelation, the lids having substantially tubular elements at their inner edge portions encompassing aligned rods of said pairs respectively, the said lids including-the said tubular elements extending substantially continuously between the side members of the frame and being in close side by side relation substantially filling the space between each other and the side members.

3. In a display cover of the character described comprising a rectangular frame having opposed side members and opposed end members, the combination therewith of a pair of metallic cleats secured to the side frame members respectively, each cleat being formed with seat means adapted to accommodate one each of a pair of rods to extend therefrom in parallel relation to each other, one each of a pair of parallel rods substantially close together rigidly secured to each cleat in the seat means therefor, the rods held by one cleat being directed respectively toward the rods held by the other cleat so that the rods of a pair are in end to end aligned relation, and a pair of lids each having a frame formed of thin sheet metal, the inner edge portions of each lid being formed tubularly, said tubular formations encompassing the rods of a pair respectively and being thereby adapted to swing on said rods into open and closed position, the said lids including the said tubular formations extending substantially continuously between the said members of the frame and being in close side by side relation substantially filling the space between each other and the side members.

4. A hinge unit for a display cover of the character described comprising a sheet metal cleat having leaves bent substantially at right angles to each other, one leaf being formed with depressions providing seats to receive a pair of wires to extend therefrom substantially parallel to each other, a pair of substantially rigid wires received in said seats respectively, and a frame member cooperating with the cleat to retain the wires in said cleats.

5. In a display cover adapted to fit upon the open end of a box, the combination comprising a substantially rectangular interiorly open sheet metal frame having opposed side members each including an upper portion and a depressed seat, a pair of spaced-apart metallic cleats secured to the side members medially thereof, each cleat being carried by one of the opposed side members upon the under side of said upper portion, two closely adjacent parallel rods permanently and substantially rigidly secured between each cleat and its respective side member, said rods being directed toward each other to provide two pairs of oppositely directed aligned rods lying between said upper portions of the side members and said depressed seats whereby the rods are wholly enclosed at each end by the frame, and a pair of lids adapted to rest upon said seats when in closed position, each lid having a substantially tubular portion encompassing the aligned rods of a pair, said tubular portions being in'contacting sideby-side relationship and extending substantially continuously between said upper portions of the side members whereby the said lids including said tubular portions substantially fill the space between each other and the upper portions of the frame members and are substantially flush therewith.

6. The structure of claim 5 wherein the cleats have depressions therein to receive the rods and wherein the pair of rods carried by each cleat are formed integrally and the depression in the cleat is in the form of a U receiving the bight of the integral pair.

JACOB I. RUSSAKOV.

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